International

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels and has sent a letter of support to the firefighters there, dealing with the fallout. At least 34 people died after the attack on the Belgian capital which targeted the city's airport and Metro transit system...

Workers should vote in favour of remaining within the European Union at the upcoming referendum, the leadership of the Fire Brigades Union has recommended. The FBUs executive council, made up of representatives from each region, has issued a policy statement supporting a vote to stay within the EU...

The Fire Brigades Union has sent a message of solidarity to firefighters in France, following the horrific terrorist attacks last week in Paris. Seven coordinated terror attacks left 129 people dead and hundreds injured. In the message Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, says firefighters in the UK...

Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “The Fire Brigades Union is deeply saddened by the loss of at least 39 firefighters in a warehouse explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin. With many more firefighters still unaccounted for, and the number of deaths likely to rise, our thoughts are with the...

Firefighters in Essex took strike action Thursday 6 August in protest at the largest, most devastating cuts to emergency fire response in the history of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS). FBU Brigade Chair for Essex Riccardo la Torre said “We will see these cuts hit all areas of our 999...

The August/September edition of the FBU members magazine is now available online. As discussions begin on home turf about the controversial issue of firefighters responding to medical emergencies this issue of FireFighter crosses the pond to talk to the Washington DC based International Association...

The July issue of Firefighter magazine is now available online featuring updates from the 2015 FBU annual conference. We also hear from UK firefighters responding to the devastation of the April’s earthquake in Nepal and how 10 years after the 7/7 London bombings 8,000 firefighter jobs have been...